Two cheques, valued over US$3,000, were recently presented to the Port Antonio Infirmary and the Bellevue Hospital, the largest mental institution in the English-speaking Caribbean. The donation is from the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, D.C., United States. Funds were collected at the annual Independence Church Service, held by the Embassy on August 2, 2015. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...

Jamaica has renewed its bilateral partnership with the Republic of Cuba for the provision of technical support to the local health sector. Health Minister, Hon. Horace Dalley, and Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Bernardo Guanche Hernández, on December 3, signed two agreements that will further extend this collaboration, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. One of...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, says the Ministry will be hiring and training 1,000 young people as vector control workers, who will go into communities, and along with the Ministry’s vector control teams, identify mosquito breeding sites and destroy them. He also charged senior health officials in the Ministry to mobilise the public in preparation for the Zika virus...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, has praised the Jamaica Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (JAIFA) for the well-needed assistance it has been providing to the health sector over the years. “I believe that this group (JAIFA) is an important stakeholder in the move to improve the health of this country,” he said. Minister Dalley’s speech was delivered by...

The Jamaica Cancer Society is collaborating with 21st Century Oncology, the largest radiation service organisation in the US, to offer cancer treatment to patients in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean. The company has a complete range of radiation equipment and can offer  treatment that is not readily available in the Caribbean, hence the partnership with the Society. Radiation...

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is reporting changes in the content, composition and varieties of narcotics surfacing on the nation’s streets. Substance Abuse Officer at the NCDA, Daniel Brown, noted for example that the variety of marijuana being consumed is to a great extent “much different from (the type used) years ago.” Mr. Brown said research shows that...

World AIDS Day 2015 is being commemorated under the theme, “Take care of the complete you: ask for a HIV test too”. This year, the Ministry of Health will focus on a wellness and preventative drive that will be supported by mass media as well as community mobilization which aims to increase the number of persons with HIV knowing their...